Where does “flacără” come from?
flacără (Romanian) comes from Latin flacula, from Latin facula, from Latin fax, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- — to shine.
flacără (Romanian): flame
Ancestry of “flacără”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | flacula | — |
| 2 | Latin | facula | small torch |
| 3 | Latin | fax | torch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʷʰeh₂k- | to shine |
Words derived from “flacără”